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Tuesday, July 29, 2014

Planes: Fire and Rescue doesn't reach movie altitude

In a Nutshell:You know when you make a Xerox copy of
another actual Xerox copy and the quality gets worse each time?That’s kind of this movie. The first Planes
movie was a spinoff of the successful Cars franchise, but landed with a
thud.So what’s a movie studio to
do?Make a sequel! No doubt the merchandising for little boys will be big.

For a movie about airplanes, it just doesn’t quite reach the
altitude we all wish it did.

Every
animated film is better with the awesome voice talents of Patrick
Warburton. Seriously.Put him in
everything.

The scenery was beautiful as “we” flew
over deserts, mountains, and meadows.

It’s
better than the first Planes
, but that still doesn’t make it an actual
good movie.

It’s
definitely geared towards the tots.

It’s
always fun to hear the lovable voice of John Ratzenberger.

Things I didn’t like:

There
were quite a few sexual innuendos intended to entertain parents, such as
“How’d you like to rub tires?” and “We wore off the treads on our
honeymoon” and “Yeah, they’re real.”Not classy.

I love
Modern Family’s Julie Bowen and was happy to hear her voice the character
of Dipper.Unfortunately, I didn’t
like Dipper at all.She’s an airplane
who constantly throws herself at Dusty for some cheap laughs.Great role model for little girls, eh?

I’m
kinda tired of the obligatory fart jokes in lil tyke flicks.

I got
a little dizzy with some of the aerial dips and tricks.

The
most emotional scene was one with two old RV’s who expressed their love
for each other.Sweet, right?Well, yeah, except their loving words
were spoken in between inappropriate sexual innuendos and winks towards
the parents.